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ALL THINGS MUST PASS: THE RISE AND FALL OF TOWER RECORDS – THE RWOM REVIEW…
There’s one thing that most true music geeks love and understand, and that is the joy of digging through record or CD bins and killing off a Saturday discovering new finds. But more than that, many of us have been able to experience that in a real record store, with knowledgeable people who actually enjoyed […]
REVIEW: TWENTY ONE PILOTS – BLURRYFACE…
I want to start my first review in quite some time by thanking those who have written me with kind words of encouragement. Sometimes just realizing there are others out there in the world who actually read what I have to say… it can really mean a lot. The internet can be a great place […]
REVIEW: ALABAMA SHAKES – SOUND & COLOR…
Alabama Shakes silences their doubters on their second album Sound & Color. Since their debut album, the band’s skills have grown, taking them from being a throwback southern blues-rock band to… well something a bit more experimental but a lot more powerful. But while “experimental” has killed sophomore albums by many artists, Alabama Shakes took […]
REVIEW: DEAD SARA – PLEASURE TO MEET YOU…
With their self-titled debut album, Dead Sara made a believer out of me. A believer that the the true fire of rock and roll is very much alive. From the sounds of their newest album Pleasure To Meet You., they were just getting warmed up. This album may have as well been named Dead Sara […]
REVIEW: BIG DATA – 2.0 (and a bit of a review of their 3/28/15 Columbus concert set)…
Big Data isn’t so much a band as a concept. A concept built around the technology we’ve developed closing in on us. There’s the good that instant access to information can give us, but of course there’s the downside – the isolation, the lack of physical interaction, and so on. The “band”, at least on […]
REVIEW: MARINA AND THE DIAMONDS – FROOT…
Marina Diamandis, or Marina and the Diamonds as she is professionally known, most likely for those that can’t spell, is back with her third album, FROOT. Last time around, with her concept album Electra Heart, Marina took on the persona of a pop princess superstar, singing songs that highlight both the facade and the reality […]
REVIEW: MARILYN MANSON – THE PALE EMPEROR…
Mr. Manson has returned with a ferociousness on his new album The Pale Emperor, following a hot streak and return to glory started with his last album, Born Villain. This time around he has new company. In fact, the band now only consists of Manson and two other people – both newcomers. First is multi-instrumentalist […]
REVIEW: MARY J. BLIGE – THE LONDON SESSIONS…
Last summer, Mary J. Blige put out a brand new album with very little fanfare. It was the soundtrack to the comedy Think Like A Man Too. The album was pretty decent for a Mary album, containing a few deep slow songs about relationships that seemed tailored to the film, and a couple upbeat tracks […]
REVIEW: BASTILLE – VS. (OTHER PEOPLE’S HEARTACHE PT. III)…
My first review of the year is for a band I was playing constantly throughout last year, Bastille. There’s something just a little bit different about their sound that distinguishes them from any other modern British rock groups. They aren’t afraid to use electronics to broaden their sonic palate, but at their core they are […]
TOP 25 ALBUMS OF 2014 – #2: FOO FIGHTERS – SONIC HIGHWAYS…
Sonic Highways is the most ambitious project the Foo Fighters have pulled off yet. Rather than just repeat what they know, the band set out to do a documentary series about making an album in eight cities. An album fueled by the stories and interviews collected for the documentary. A documentary that ties the rich […]
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